Requiem Mass For King Richard III.

Sainte Chapelle, Paris, France. Royal Mediaeval Gothic Chapel.

Sainte Chapelle is a Royal Mediaeval Gothic Chapel, in Paris, France,

and one of the most famous Monuments in the City.

Photo: 5 August 2014.
Picture Credit: LAPAS77/SHUTTERSTOCK.COM

O, Magnum Mysterium.

O, Magnum Mysterium.

Morten Lauridsen.

Kings College, Cambridge.

Available on YouTube at

http://youtu.be/Q7ch7uottHU.

Whitby Abbey. Saint Hilda Of Whitby.

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unless otherwise stated.

Whitby Abbey, 

Yorkshire, England, 

at Sunset.

Photo: 12 April 2009.

Source: Own work.

Author: Ackers72.

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Within the beautiful Abbey at Whitby, from the 7th-Century to the 16th-Century, many Divine Prayers and Hymns were said and sung by the Community of Monks and Nuns (it was a Double Monastery). Initially, the Head of the Double Monastery was a woman, Abbess Hilda.

A Stained-Glass Window, depicting Saint Hilda,

in Gloucester Cathedral, by Christopher Whall.

Photo: 17 May 2012.

Source: Own work.

Author: Weglinde.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Hilda of Whitby, or Hild of Whitby (circa 614 A.D. – 680 A.D.), is a Christian Saint and the Founding Abbess of the Monastery at Whitby, which was chosen as the venue for The Synod of Whitby in 664 A.D. An important figure in The Conversion of England to Christianity, she was Abbess at several Monasteries and recognised for the wisdom that drew Kings to her for advice.

The source of information about Hilda is The Ecclesiastical History of The English, by The Venerable Bede, in 731 A.D., who was born approximately eight years before her death.

He documented much of the Christian Conversion of The Anglo-Saxons.

Whitby Abbey is a ruined Benedictine Abbey overlooking the North Sea, on the East Cliff above Whitby, in North Yorkshire, England. It was dis-established during The Dissolution of The Monasteries, under the auspices of King Henry VIII.

It is a Grade I Listed Building in the care of English Heritage and its Site Museum is housed in Cholmley House.

The first Monastery, at Streoneshalh (the older name for Whitby), was founded in 657 A.D., by the Anglo-Saxon King of Northumbria, Oswy (Oswiu). He appointed Lady Hilda, Abbess of Hartlepool Abbey and grand-niece of Edwin, the first Christian King of Northumbria, as Founding Abbess.

English: The Ruins of Whitby Abbey.

Project Gutenberg eText 16785.

Español: Ruinas de Streonæshalch (Abadía de Whitby).

Source: From The Project Gutenberg EBook of Our Catholic Heritage in

English Literature of Pre-Conquest Days, by Emily Hickey.

http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/16785

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The name "Streoneshalh" is thought to signify Fort Bay, or Tower Bay, in reference to a supposed Roman Settlement that previously existed on the site. This contention has never been proven and alternative theories have been proposed, such as the name meaning Streona's Settlement. Some believe that the name referred to Eadric Streona, but this is highly unlikely for chronological reasons; Streona died in 1017, so the naming of Streoneshalh would have preceded his birth by several hundred years.

The Double Monastery, of Celtic Monks and Nuns, was home to the great Northumbrian poet Caedmon. In 664 A.D., the Synod of Whitby - at which King Oswiu ruled that the Northumbrian Church would adopt the Roman calculation of Easter and Monastic Tonsure - took place at the Abbey.

Streoneshalch was laid waste by Danes in successive raids between 867 A.D. and 870 A.D., under Ingwar and Ubba, and remained desolate for more than 200 years. The existence of 'Prestebi', meaning the habitation of Priests, in Old Norse, in the Domesday Survey, may point to the revival of Religious Life since Danish times. The old Monastery, given to Reinfrid, comprised about forty ruined Monasteria vel oratoria, similar to Irish Monastic ruins, with numerous Chapels and Cells.

Ruins of Whitby Abbey,

Yorkshire, England.

Photo: 29 October 2007.

Source: Whitby Abbey 1.

Author: Chris Kirk.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Reinfrid, a Soldier of William the Conqueror, became a Monk and travelled to Streoneshalh, which was then known as Prestebi or Hwitebi (the "White Settlement" in Old Norse). He approached William de Percy, who gave him the ruined Monastery of Saint Peter, with two Carucates of land, to Found a new Monastery. Serlo de Percy, the Founder's brother, joined Reinfrid at the new Monastery, which followed The Benedictine Rule.

The second Monastery lasted until it was destroyed by King Henry VIII, in 1540, during The Dissolution of The Monasteries. Though the Abbey fell into ruin, it remained a prominent landmark for Sailors and helped inspire Bram Stoker's Dracula. The ruins are now owned and maintained by English Heritage.

The Imperial German Navy's Battlecruiser, SMS Von der Tann, at anchor.

The photo was probably taken during Von der Tann´s cruise to South America in 1911.

The Von der Tann bombarded Whitby (and Whitby Abbey) in December 1914.

Source: This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's

Prints and Photographs division under the digital ID ggbain.16927.

Author: B. Hopkins.

This File: 30 November 2006.

User: Balcer.

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English: The Imperial German Battlecruiser, SMS Derfflinger,

interned at Scapa Flow, Orkney Isles, Scotland.

Suomi: Saksalainen taisteluristeilijä SMS Derfflinger.

The Derfflinger 

bombarded Whitby (and Whitby Abbey) in December 1914.

Date: 1918/1919.

Source: Scanned from: 

Herwig, Holger (1980) "Luxury" Fleet: The Imperial German Navy

1888-1918, Amherst, New York: Humanity Books ISBN: 9781573922869.

Page 82. Image is credited as an Imperial War Museum photograph.

Author: Unknown.

This File: 15 October 2012.

User: Parsecboy.

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In December 1914, Whitby Abbey was shelled by the German Battlecruisers Von der Tann and Derfflinger, who were aiming for the Signal Post on the end of the Headland. Scarborough and Hartlepool were also attacked. The Abbey sustained considerable damage during the ten minute attack, the BBC included before and after photographs as part of the First World War Centenary.

Fountains Abbey, 

Yorkshire, England,

was the Mother House of Whitby Abbey.

Photo: 28 June 2014.

Source: Own work.

Author: Diliff.

Attribution: "Photo by DAVID ILIFF.

License: CC-BY-SA 3.0".

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Whitby Abbey was rendered famous in fiction by Bram Stoker's 1897 novel "Dracula", as Dracula came ashore there, as a creature resembling a large dog, and proceeded to climb the 199 steps which lead up to the ruins.

The original gift of William de Percy not only included the Monastery of Saint Peter, at Streoneshalch, but the Town and Port of Whitby, with its Parish Church of Saint Mary and six dependent Chapels at Fyling, Hawsker, Sneaton, Ugglebarnby, Dunsley, and Aislaby, five mills, including Ruswarp, the Town of Hackness, with two Mills, and the Parish Church of Saint Mary, and the Church of Saint Peter, at Hackness, "where our Monks served God, died, and were buried," and various other gifts enumerated in the "Memorial" in the Abbot's Book.

The first Prior, Reinfrid, ruled for many years, before being killed in an accident. He was buried at the Church of Saint Peter, at Hackness. He was succeeded as Prior by Serlo de Percy.

Mass In Saint Cuthbert's Chapel, Ushaw College, Durham, England.

Saint Cuthbert's Chapel,

Ushaw College,

Durham, England,

during a Latin Mass Society Training Week 

for Priests and Servers, April 2011.

Photo: Latin Mass Society 

http://www.lms.org.uk/

Fr Simon Henry has a most interesting Post on Ushaw College, Durham, on his excellent Blog 

OFFERIMUS TIBI DOMINE

Readers are urged to pop over and see how The Divine Mass was Celebrated at Ushaw "before the modern changes".

High Mass at Midnight,

Saint Cuthbert's Chapel,

Ushaw College,

Durham, England.

Christmas 1962.

Available on YouTube at

http://youtu.be/aaJadIfC5YA

Ushaw College,

Durham, England.

TV Documentary, 1961.

Available on YouTube at

http://youtu.be/9w4K6WFp5_4.

High Mass,

Ushaw College,

Durham, England.

1960.

Available on YouTube at

http://youtu.be/RgAngwKlBqg.

Ushaw College and Seminary,

Ushaw, Durham,

England.

Available on YouTube at

http://youtu.be/74m1qJ87PtU.

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unless otherwise stated.

Ushaw College, a former Catholic Seminary and Licensed Hall of Residence of the University of Durham, covers 400 acres in the village of Ushaw Moor, in the UK. It was Founded in 1808 by Scholars from English College, Douai, France, who had fled France after that College had been closed during The French Revolution.

Ushaw College had been affiliated with The University of Durham since 1968. Until 2011, Ushaw was the principal Roman Catholic Seminary in the North of England for the training of Catholic Priests, finally closing in 2011 due to the shortage of Vocations.

Part of Ushaw College,

Ushaw, Durham,

England.

Photo: 7 June 2007.

Source: Own work.

Author: AlexD.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Saint Aloysius Chapel,

The Junior Seminary,

Ushaw College,

[Editor: The architectural rot had been allowed to begin.]

Photo: April 2011.

Source: Own work.

Author: Zephyrinus.

The English College, Douai, France, was Founded in 1568, but was forced to leave France in 1795, following The French Revolution. Part of the College settled temporarily at Crook Hall, North-West of Durham, England. In 1804, Bishop William Gibson began to build at Ushaw Moor, four miles West of Durham.

These buildings, designed by James Taylor, were opened as Saint Cuthbert's College in 1808. There was a steady expansion, during the 19th-Century, with new buildings put up to cater for the expanding number of Clerical and Secular Students.

Our Lady of Ushaw.

Saint Cuthbert's Chapel,
Ushaw College, Durham.

Photo: April 2011.

Source: Own work.

Author: Zephyrinus.

Saint Cuthbert's Chapel,

Ushaw College, Durham.

Photo: April 2011.

Source: Own work.

Author: Zephyrinus.

In 1847, the newly-built Chapel, designed by Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin, was opened. This was followed by The Big Library and Exhibition Hall, designed by Joseph Hansom, inventor of The Hansom Cab, 1849-1851.

The Junior House, designed by the distinguished architect, Peter Paul Pugin, was added in 1859. Saint Cuthbert’s Chapel, designed by Dunn and Hansom, was opened in 1884, replacing an earlier one by Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin, which the Seminary had then outgrown.

The Refectory was designed and built by E. W. Pugin. The final development came in the Early-1960s, with the opening of a new East Wing, providing additional Classrooms and Single Bedrooms for seventy-five Students. The Main College Buildings are Grade II Listed, however, the College Chapel is Grade II* and The Chapel of Saint Michael is Grade I.

Saint Cuthbert's Chapel,

Ushaw College, Durham.

Photo: April 2011.

Source: Own work.

Author: Zephyrinus.

The College became a Licensed Hall of Residence of the University of Durham, in 1968. It was independent of The University, but offered Courses validated by The University, and both Church-and Lay-Students studied at The College. The Junior House closed in 1972, its younger Students being transferred to Saint Joseph's College, Upholland, Lancashire.

In 2002, The College rejected a report from The Roman Catholic hierarchy that it should merge with Saint Mary's College, Oscott, near Birmingham. However, in October 2010, it was announced that The College would close in 2011, due to the shortage of Vocations in The Roman Catholic Church, and that the site might be sold.

Following a detailed feasibility study by The College's Trustees and Durham University (and with the full support of Durham County Council and of English Heritage) during 2011, it was announced, in January 2012, that Durham Business School would temporarily relocate to The College during rebuilding of the School’s buildings in Durham.

Early Morning Mass,

The English Martyrs'
Side Chapel,

Ushaw College, Durham.

Photo: April 2011.

Source: Own work.

Author: Zephyrinus.

This is seen as the first step in a long-term education-based vision for the site. The University have also agreed to catalogue and archive The Ushaw Library, and inventory the other Collections, to ensure their preservation and specialist conservation, with a view to creating a proposed Ushaw Centre for Catholic Scholarship and Heritage.

Coat-of-Arms of Ushaw College,

Durham, England.

Date: 18 January 2014.

Source: Own work.

Author: AlexD.

Ushaw College's Armorial Bearings are:

"Per pale dexter Argent a Cross Gules on a Canton Azure a Cross of St Cuthbert proper sinister impaling Allen Argent three Rabbits couchant in pale Sable."

Various emblems on The Shield represent The College's history and foundation, for example:

Three Coneys are from the Family Coat-of-Arms of William Allen, the founder of English College, Douai. See Three Hares;

The small Cross of Saint Cuthbert represents The College's Patron Saint (it is modelled on Saint Cuthbert's own Pectoral Cross, which is kept in The Treasury at Durham Cathedral);

The large Cross of Saint George honours The English Roman Catholic Martyrs.

Early drawing of Ushaw College,

which was designed by James Taylor (1804-1808).

This File: 5 October 2006.

User: Geologician.

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Clergy, who have trained and studied at Ushaw College, include:

Cardinal Wiseman - First Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster;
Cardinal Bourne - Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster;
Cardinal Hinsley - Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster;
Cardinal Godfrey - Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster;
Cardinal Heenan - Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster;
Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta - Cardinal Secretary of State;
Charles Petre Eyre - Archbishop of Glasgow;
Bishop Louis Charles Casartelli - 4th Bishop of Salford;
Bishop Hugh Lindsay - 10th Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle;
Bishop James Chadwick - 2nd Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle;
Bishop Alexander Goss - Bishop of Liverpool;
Bishop Thomas Grant - Bishop of Southwark;
Bishop Mark Davies - Bishop of Shrewsbury;
Father John Lingard - Author of The History Of England, From the First Invasion by the Romans to the Accession of Henry VIII;
John Furniss - An English Roman Catholic priest, known for his mission to children;
Monsignor James Nugent - was a Roman Catholic priest of the Archdiocese of Liverpool;
Nicholas Rigby - was an English Roman Catholic priest and author of "The Real Doctrine of the Church on Scripture";
Constantine Scollen an Irish Roman Catholic missionary priest and outstanding linguist in Canada in the mid to late 19th century and author of "Thirty Years among the Indians of the Northwest".

The Death of St. Bede.

Note: The Monastic Clergy are wearing Surplices over their Cowls.

The original painting is at Saint Cuthbert's College, Ushaw, Durham, England.

The Death of Saint Bede - Project Gutenberg eText 16785.

From The Project Gutenberg EBook of Our Catholic Heritage in English Literature of Pre-Conquest Days, by Emily Hickey.http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/16785.

This File: 4 January 2006.

User: Tagishsimon.

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Lay persons, who have studied at Ushaw College, include: 

George Goldie - 19th-Century Ecclesiastical Architect;
Alexander Martin Sullivan - Irish Lawyer and Defence Counsel in the Trial of Roger Casement;
Charles Napier Hemy -Artist & Royal Academician;
Francis Thompson - English poet;
Joseph Gillow - Author of Bibliographical Dictionary of The English Roman Catholics;
Sir William Shee - First Roman Catholic to sit as a Judge in England and Wales since the Reformation;
Paul Goggins - Labour Member of Parliament for Wythenshawe and Sale East, and Junior Minister in The Northern Ireland Office;
Joseph Scott - Attorney in Los Angeles, Founder of The South-West Museum of The American Indian, Vice-President of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915);
Lafcadio Hearn - also known as Koizumi Yakumo, was an author, best known for his books about Japan;
Francis Petre - A prominent New Zealand-born architect; designed The Cathedral of The Blessed Sacrament, Christchurch, New Zealand;
Peter Paul Pugin - was an English architect;
James Joseph Foy - was The Ontario Attorney General and Political figure;
Major Myles William Patrick O'Reilly - was a Roman Catholic Soldier and Politician;
Archibald Matthias Dunn - Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Architect;
Major James Gerald O'Ryan - British/Indian Army;
Charles Bruzon - Gibraltarian Government Minister and Curate.

Official Guided Tour Of Grand Central Terminal, New York.

Dynamiters' Train,

Indianapolis.

Date: Circa 1910.

Source: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.11188.

Author: Bain News Service.

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Official Guided Tour of Grand Central Terminal

This 75-minute tour, led by Municipal Art Society of New York (MAS) docents, highlights the history, architecture and operation of the

world’s largest train terminal.

$20 Adults / $15 MAS Members, seniors, students, children under 10

& same-day Metro North riders. Group rates are available. 

Review our FAQ for more information.

Offered every day at 12:30, except for Thanksgiving and Christmas Day.

Luxembourg Grand Ducal Family Will Visit Auschwitz-Birkenau And Slonsk.

The following Article is taken from NOBILITY AND ANALOGOUS TRADITIONAL ELITES


According to the Luxemburger Wort:

Luxembourg’s Grand Ducal couple, as well as Prince Guillaume and Princess Stéphanie, are set to travel to Poland later this month to mark the 70th anniversaries of the Liberation of Auschwitz and a Prison Massacre in Slonsk.

Guillaume and Stéphanie will attend a Ceremony on 27 January to remember the Liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp in 1945.

Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa, during their State Visit to Poland in 2014, at The Warsaw Monument to The Ghetto Heroes.

Photo: Guy Jallay.

Illustration:

 

LUXEMBURGER WORT

Two days later, on 30 January, Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa will travel to Slonsk, also in Poland, where ninety-one young Luxembourgers were killed in an SS Massacre in 1945.

To read the entire article in the Luxemburger Wort, please click HERE.